Definition of constructing

"constructing" in the verb sense

1. construct, build, make

make by combining materials and parts

"this little pig made his house out of straw"

"Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"

2. manufacture, fabricate, construct

put together out of artificial or natural components or parts

"the company fabricates plastic chairs"

"They manufacture small toys"

"He manufactured a popular cereal"

3. construct

draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions

"construct an equilateral triangle"

4. construct

create by linking linguistic units

"construct a sentence"

"construct a paragraph"

5. construct

create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts

"construct a proof"

"construct an argument"

6. reconstruct, construct, retrace

reassemble mentally

"reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"

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constructing in Scrabble®

The word constructing is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters constructing:

CONSTRUCTING
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (42 words)

citrons, concurs, consign, corning, costing, cursing, cutting, gnostic, incrust, intorts, introns, intrust, inturns, nitrous, nonsuit, nursing, nutting, ousting, outgrin, outings, rotting, rousing, routing, rusting, rutting, scoring, snoring, sorting, souring, stoning, storing, suction, tictocs, touring, tourist, touting, tricots, tunings, turning, unction, unicorn, unstoic

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word constructing

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In constructing

CONSTRUCTING
(189)
CONSTRUCTING
(180)
CONSTRUCTING
(126)
CONSTRUCTING
(120)
CONCURS
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(92)
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CURSING
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INCRUST
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UNCTION
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TICTOCS
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UNICORN
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CITRONS
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UNSTOIC
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UNCTION
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TICTOCS
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TICTOCS
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TICTOCS
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UNICORN
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CUTTING
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SUCTION
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TICTOCS
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CONSTRUCTING
(84)
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GNOSTIC
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OUTINGS
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constructing in Words With Friends™

The word constructing is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 23

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters constructing:

CONSTRUCTING
(297)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (42 words)

citrons, concurs, consign, corning, costing, cursing, cutting, gnostic, incrust, intorts, introns, intrust, inturns, nitrous, nonsuit, nursing, nutting, ousting, outgrin, outings, rotting, rousing, routing, rusting, rutting, scoring, snoring, sorting, souring, stoning, storing, suction, tictocs, touring, tourist, touting, tricots, tunings, turning, unction, unicorn, unstoic

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word constructing

CONSTRUCTING
(297)
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(261)
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CONSTRUCTING
(243)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In constructing

CONSTRUCTING
(297)
CONSTRUCTING
(261)
CONSTRUCTING
(261)
CONSTRUCTING
(243)
CONSTRUCTING
(198)
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(186)
CONCURS
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(116)
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UNICORN
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UNCTION
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CONSTRUCTING
(108)
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CORNING
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GNOSTIC
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TICTOCS
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SCORING
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UNICORN
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TICTOCS
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CONSIGN
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CONSIGN
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STONING
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SOURING
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UNICORN
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(92)
ROUSING
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OUTINGS
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(92)
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(92)
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(92)
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CORNING
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Words within the letters of constructing

2 letter words in constructing (13 words)

9 letter words in constructing (7 words)

10 letter words in constructing (1 word)

12 letter words in constructing (1 word)

constructing + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence constructing

Words that start with constructing (1 word)

Words with constructing in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving constructing

Shorter words in constructing

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Longer words containing constructing

deconstructing

misconstructing

multiconstructing

overconstructing

reconstructing preconstructing

underconstructing